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The court heard that profits at the firm at the end of the 2015 financial year were £7 million, from a turnover of £23 million.

But in the year ending June 2016, the firm posted a loss of £363,000.

Investigators found that Rey had benefited to the tune of £127,093.31, but his defence barrister admitted this was only a ‘ballpark’ figure.

Defending, Timothy Storrie said Rey was a victim of domestic violence and was living in an ‘emotional powder keg’, being physically and verbally abused.

Mr Storrie said: “Spending other people’s money became a chief strategy to try and get out of this situation.”

He said Rey had assured a woman he had been involved with that he would pay for her ‘extravagant lifestyle’ after she lost her job.

Sentencing Rey of Nant Road, Connah’s Quay, Deeside, to 20 months in prison, Judge Mark Savill said: “This was a significant period of time in which you committed this offence.”

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